kiskapu

Hungarian
kiskapu, Paks, Hungary
kiskapu, Dombóvár, Hungary

Etymology

kis (“small”) +‎ kapu (“gate”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkiʃkɒpu]
  • Hyphenation: kis‧ka‧pu
  • Rhymes: -pu

Noun

kiskapu (plural kiskapuk)

  1. small gate/door (a gate for pedestrians next to a large gate for vehicles; or just a small gate on its own)
  2. (figuratively) loophole (an opportunity to outwit and evade the law, prohibition or other rules)
    Synonyms: ürügy, kibúvó, kifogás, kiút, egérút

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kiskapu kiskapuk
accusative kiskaput kiskapukat
dative kiskapunak kiskapuknak
instrumental kiskapuval kiskapukkal
causal-final kiskapuért kiskapukért
translative kiskapuvá kiskapukká
terminative kiskapuig kiskapukig
essive-formal kiskapuként kiskapukként
essive-modal — —
inessive kiskapuban kiskapukban
superessive kiskapun kiskapukon
adessive kiskapunál kiskapuknál
illative kiskapuba kiskapukba
sublative kiskapura kiskapukra
allative kiskapuhoz kiskapukhoz
elative kiskapuból kiskapukból
delative kiskapuról kiskapukról
ablative kiskaputól kiskapuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 kiskapué kiskapuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 kiskapuéi kiskapukéi
Possessive forms of kiskapu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kiskapum kiskapuim
2nd person sing. kiskapud kiskapuid
3rd person sing. kiskapuja kiskapui
1st person plural kiskapunk kiskapuink
2nd person plural kiskaputok kiskapuitok
3rd person plural kiskapujuk kiskapuik

Derived terms
  • kiskapus

Further reading
  • kiskapu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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